| | and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast) | HSK 4 |
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| | thus / thereby | HSK 5 |
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| | (not only ...) but also / moreover / in addition / furthermore | HSK 3 |
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| | therefore / as a result / thus / and as a result, ... | HSK 5 |
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| | rather | |
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| | however / yet / but | HSK 4 |
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| | that's all / nothing more | HSK 6 |
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| | instead / on the contrary / contrary (to expectations) | HSK 5 |
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| | and then (what follows next) | HSK 6 |
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| | with regard to (preceding phrase) | |
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| | after that / then | |
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| | to reveal one's talent (idiom) / to rise above others / to distinguish oneself | |
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| | generally speaking | |
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| | over time / as time passes / in the fullness of time | |
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| | involuntary / automatically | |
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| | to turn to (sth else) / to switch to | |
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| | then / afterwards | |
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| | to avoid (doing sth) | |
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| | easy / with no difficulty | |
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| | to shrink back / to flinch | |
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| | to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom) / to arise at an opportune time / able to take advantage of an opportunity / to rise to the occasion | |
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| | occasionally / from time to time | HSK 6 |
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| | occasionally / once in a while | |
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| | to show respect from a distance (idiom) / to remain at a respectful distance | |
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| | without needing (to so sth) | |
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| | varying from person to person (idiom); different for each individual | |
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| | lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved | |
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| | it is obvious that... / as one can well imagine... | |
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| | now / at the present (time) | |
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| | clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously / clearly / it goes without saying | |
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| | in short / in a word / in brief | HSK 6 |
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| | to substitute for sb / to remove and replace | |
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| | to jump up suddenly / to bound up / to rise up in one bound | |
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| | to brush past | |
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| | therefore | |
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| | to agree by chance (idiom); taking the same action without prior consultation | |
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| | it goes without saying / it is self-evident | HSK 6 |
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| | to agree without prior consultation / to happen to hold the same view | |
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| | Viagra (male impotence drug) | |
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| | lit. to drop from the sky (idiom) / fig. to appear unexpectedly / to arise abruptly / out of the blue / to drop into one's lap | |
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| | brief encounter / to brush past sb | |
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| | comparatively speaking | |
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| | to turn a blind eye to / to ignore | |
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| | bottom-up | |
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| | to step forward bravely | |
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| | arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous / to spring up unbidden (of emotion) | |
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| | unknown / unable to find out | |
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| | What can you have against it? (idiom) / We should do this. / Go for it! | |
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| | to come to a place on account of its reputation (idiom); attracted to visit a famous location | |
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| | top-down | |
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| | suddenly / now (..., now...) | |
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| | to walk slowly up a flight of steps (idiom) | |
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| | to merge together (idiom); to unify disparate elements into one whole | |
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| | nothing serious / just hot air | |
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| | to blurt out / to let slip (an indiscreet remark) | |
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| | to return from a rewarding journey | |
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| | to act according to the situation (idiom) | |
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| | at home wherever one is (idiom); ready to adapt / flexible / to accept circumstances with good will | |
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| | to assess one's capabilities and act accordingly (idiom); to act within one's competence / One does what one can. | |
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| | in a nutshell / to put it briefly | |
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| | that's all / just this and nothing more | |
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| | think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance | |
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| | crying tears of joy (idiom) | |
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| | directly / head-on (collision) / in one's face (of wind) | |
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| | to disappear without trace / to vanish all of a sudden / to spread fast / to spread like wildfire | |
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| | to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs | |
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| | to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth / to persevere / unflagging efforts | HSK 6 |
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| | by no means an isolated case / numerous | |
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| | to lose sth and then regain it (idiom) | |
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| | intimidate at the first glance (idiom); awe-inspiring / terrifying / overwhelming | |
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| | thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius) | |
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| | to come prepared | |
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| | to escape unscathed / to get through in one piece | |
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| | lit. sth hits one in the face / directly in one's face / sth assaults the senses / blatant (advertising) / eye-catching / (a smell) assaults the nostrils | |
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| | to die peacefully / (fig.) to result in failure (without any outside interference) / to come to nothing / to fizzle out | |
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| | to reap without sowing (idiom) | |
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| | to come one after the other | |
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| | with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound) | |
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| | by good fortune / luckily | |
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| | to sweep clean / to clean out | |
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| | to win instant success (idiom) / to become an instant hit | |
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| | to whistle past / to hurtle past / to zip by | |
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| | not to be inferior in any aspects (idiom) / to surpass / to outdo / (derog.) to be even worse | |
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| | apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom) | |
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| | to be honest, ... | |
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| | to flee in defeat / to bolt | |
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| | to drain the cup in one gulp (idiom) | |
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| | flower but no fruit (idiom); handsome exterior but hollow inside / flashy | |
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| | to weigh one's abilities and act accordingly / to act according to one's means / to cut one's coat according to one's cloth | |
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| | to be impossible to stop once started | |
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| | shiver all over though not cold / tremble with fear / shudder | |
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| | meet by chance / have a chance encounter | |
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| | to stop before going too far (idiom); to stop while one can / don't overdo it / stop while you're ahead | |
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| | even / so much so that | |
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| | to arrive as planned / right on schedule | |
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| | to part on bad terms / (of a meeting etc) to break up in discord | |
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| | to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind | |
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| | to sell only for a good price (idiom) / to wait for a good offer | |
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| | faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying) | |
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